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4.—(1) A person in possession or charge of a deer carcase, or a veterinary surgeon who examines any such carcase, who suspects that the carcase may be affected with tuberculosis must give immediate notice of such suspicion to the Secretary of State.
(2) Following such notification the carcase must be detained on the premises on which it was located at the time when notification was given, and isolated as far as practicable from other deer and livestock prior to a veterinary inquiry taking place under article 5 or a diagnostic sample being taken from the carcase under the direction of a veterinary inspector.
(3) If the carcase is in a slaughterhouse the operator of the slaughterhouse must keep it isolated from other carcases of slaughtered animals.
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